Wednesday, December 7, 2011

From Calling Plays to Calling For Bail

Jerry Sandusky, ex Penn State coach, arrested Wednesday morning from his home by Pennsylvania state police, on more charges of child sexual abuse.
Sandusky was already charged with 40 counts of children sexual abuse involving eight young boys within a 15-year span. He has denied being a pedophile. In interviews with NBC and The New York Times, he has said he showered and horsed around with boys but never sexually abused them. The new charges include four counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two counts of unlawful contact with a minor. He also was charged with a count of indecent assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of children, all of these being felonies and could lead him to facing real time in prison. Most of these cases have a connection with his charity, The Second Mile.
"As in many of the other cases identified to date, the contact with Sandusky allegedly fit a pattern of `grooming' victims," Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement. "Beginning with outings to football games and gifts; they later included physical contact that escalated to sexual assaults."

After LeBron Comes Reyes: Moving Talents to Miami

Short-Stop Jose Reyes just signed a new contract with the Miami Marlins. The team introduced Reyes at the MLB Winter Meeting in Dallas.

Reyes got his start in the professional baseball league with the New York Mets. With them, last year he received DL batting title with average hits of .337. Reyes has much love for New York, but it was time to make a change. Miami gave him a six-year contract worth $106 million. He says Miami showed him that he was wanted.

"Now I'm with a new family [Miami Marlins]... and I'm happy to be part of a new family." Reyes says.

The Christmas Gift: NBA Season

The 2011 – 2012 NBA Season is back on track and starts Christmas Day. There are 66 games between Christmas and April. One of the most talked about games of the day is the rematch of the 2011 championship, the Miami Heat taking on the Dallas Mavericks.

Five games are slated for the day: The Boston Celtics play at the New York Knicks; the Chicago Bulls are at the Los Angeles Lakers, the Oklahoma City Thunder play the Orlando Magic, and the Los Angeles Clippers face the Golden State Warriors. There are 42 back-to-back-to-back games in the overall schedule. Each team has at least one of these "triples," some more than one. 

"Those back-to-back-to-backs will be tough for every team," said the Hawks' Josh Smith. "We're a young team, but we get tired, too." That’s what the players have to do to get back on track due to the lock-out.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Two in One: Avengers vs. X-Men

        Marvel announces their next big event: Avengers vs. X-Men coming in 2012. A great series coming that has comic fans talking!

        It is like the ultimate comic book combination. Two of the most popular super hero groups in one place, featuring five of the industry's most influential writers: Brain Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction.

"It's one of those legendary ideas: What if the Avengers fought the X-Men? It doesn't get much easier to describe than that," Ed Brubaker says, one of the new comics writers.